Prentice Hall, 2010. - 712 pages. 6th Edition
In this textbook the writers lea the reader every step of the operation management from the design of the product, the needed design for a factory, layout and flow and job design, to all steps of planning and control, till the first product is created and from then on improvements on the system and the production process. A thick book that provides minor information of a lot of different subjects, but still the writers succeed in giving the reader the idea to read and lea new thinks. Especially for people new in production industry this book is useful for a first introduction in the jargon used and the problems encountered.
In this textbook the writers lea the reader every step of the operation management from the design of the product, the needed design for a factory, layout and flow and job design, to all steps of planning and control, till the first product is created and from then on improvements on the system and the production process. A thick book that provides minor information of a lot of different subjects, but still the writers succeed in giving the reader the idea to read and lea new thinks. Especially for people new in production industry this book is useful for a first introduction in the jargon used and the problems encountered.